(1) TOPIC GUIDES

Below you will find links to the topics that will be discussed in the UNEP.


(2) COMMITTEE DESCRIPTION

Download this document to learn more about how the UNEP operates.


(3) VIDEO GUIDES

For a brief overview on the history of climate change by the Royal Society, click here!
To learn more about Climate change negotiations, click here.
To learn more about the history of the Kyoto Protocol, click here.
Want to learn even more about what the Kyoto Protocol? Click here!
To learn more about the 2012 Doha Climate conference and the disucssion to the extend the Kyoto Protocol, click here.
Want to learn more about what you can do about climate change? Click here!
To learn more about emissions trading and carbon units, click here.

(4) LINKS TO NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS (NGOs)

Pew Center on Global Climate Change
World Wildlife Fund
United States Environmental Protection Agency
United Nations Environmental Programme

(5) PRIMARY SOURCES

Kyoto Protocol
Doha Climate Conference

(6) COUNTRY RESEARCH


Afghanistan

Hydrate Life, 2012, Afghanistan's Water Crisis
Outlook Afghanistan, 2016, Kabul Facing Sever Water Crisis
NY Times, 2015, Starved for Energy, Pakistan Braces for a Water Crisis

Angola

USAID, Angola Water and Sanitation Profile
Mail & Guardian, 2011, Water everywhere in Angola, but few places to drink

Australia

The Conversation, 2015, The role of water in Australia’s uncertain future
The Conversation, 2016, It’s a fallacy that all Australians have access to clean water, sanitation and hygiene

Canada

Rights Watch, 2016, Canada: Water Crisis Puts First Nations Families at Risk
The Huffington Post Canada, 2016, Canada First Nations Water Issues Need To Be Fixed: UN


China

NY Times, 2016, Rural Water, Not City Smog, May Be China’s Pollution Nightmare
International Business Times, 2015, China announces ambitious plan to clean up its water, close down polluting factories


Estonia

News ERR, 2015, Estonians breathe cleaner air but sea water pollution remains a problem
Estonia World, 2016, Estonia is among the 10 greenest countries in the world


France

The Local fr, 2014, Tap water 'polluted' for 1.5 million in France
France Diplomatie, 2013, France and the right to water and Sanitation

India

UNICEF, Water, Environment and Sanitation
NY Times, 2013, Rains or Not, India Is Falling Short on Drinkable Water

Japan

Niponica, 2015,Japan, Land of Water: A Marriage of Technology and Water
NY Times, 2016, Fukushima Keeps Fighting Radioactive Tide 5 Years After Disaster


Pakistan
NY Times, 2015, Starved for Energy, Pakistan Braces for a Water Crisis
The New International, 2015, 38.5m people have no access to safe drinking water in Pakistan


Russia
BBC, 2014, Russia fears Crimea water shortage as supply drops
Russian Water Association, Russian water sector



South Africa
African Business, 2015, South Africa’s dirty water crisis
Brand South Africa, 2015, South Africa tackles water issues


United Kingdom
The Guardian,



United States
CNBC, 2016, America's water crisis goes beyond Flint, Michigan
NY Times 2016, For These Americans, Clean Water Is a Luxury



Venezuela
The Conversation, 2016, Venezuela: how a water crisis brought an entire country to its knees
NY Times, 2016, Hundreds Wait Long Hours For Free, Clean Water in Caracas

Brazil

The World Bank, 2016, Brazil may be the Owner of 20% of the World’s Water Supply but it is still Very Thirsty
The Atlantic, 2016, What Happens When There’s Sewage in the Water?

Ethiopia

USAID, Ethiopia: Water
MSNBC, 2013, Women in Ethiopia struggle to survive without water

Italy

Research Italy, 2015, Italian water? One of the best in the world, though…

Mexico

Mexperience, 2016, Drinking Water in Mexico
The Guardian, 2016, Mexico City's Water Crisis- from source to sewer

Nepal

The Diplomat, 2015, Addressing Nepal's Water Crisis
UN Dispatch, 2016, One year after the Nepal earthquake, clean water is still in short supply


Syria

UNICEF, 2013, Running dry: Water and sanitation crisis threatens Syrian children
CNN, 2017, Water is the latest battleground in Syria


Ukraine

UNICEF, Ukraine Water and Sanitation
UNICEF, 2015, In eastern Ukraine, water shortage puts babies and mothers at risk